Impersonator
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An Impersonator is someone who imitates or copies the behavior or actions of another. There are many reasons for someone to be an Impersonator, the most common could be:
- Legally: An Entertainer impersonates a celebrity, generally for entertainment, and makes fun of their recent scandals or known behavior patterns. Entertainers who impersonate multiple celebrities as part of their act are typically called impressionists.
- Illegally: As part of a criminal act such as identity theft. This is usually where the criminal is trying to assume the identity of another in order to commit fraud such as accessing confidential information or to gain property not belonging to them. Also known as social engineering.
- Political decoy, used as a form of protection for leaders, namely in authoritarian societies. This involves an actor (often surgically altered to look more closely like the person he is to double) to represent the leader during potentially dangerous ocassions, such as exposed public speeches, where he might be assassinated.
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- Elvis impersonator
- Body double
- Doppelgänger
- Capgras delusion
- Imitation
- Look-alike
- Mimic
- Political decoy
- Simulacrum
- Social engineering
- Stand-in
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